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| PRM-8000 Quick Start Guide
Navigating the Menu System
Select Main Menu
or
Move up and down through the sub-menus:
1. Timed
Measure
This function allows users to take measure-
ments over a de
fi
ned amount of time. This
is useful for detecting small amounts of con-
tamination.
2. Set
Units
Users can select either
μ
R/hr, mR/hr,
μ
Sv/hr, CPS or CPM measurement units.
3. Settings
This sub-menu allows the user to custom-
ize the behavior of the PRM-8000. Settings
include those associated with the beeper,
LED, dose-rate alarm, time/date, power set-
tings as well as the control over the averag-
ing performed at low dose rates.
4. Utilities
This sub-menu includes functions to reset
the measurement counters (Average, Mini-
mum, Maximum, Total and Elapsed Time),
perform a hardware reset, power down the
device, load the factory calibration values,
display the voltage of the battery and per-
form the calibration procedure.
5. Ext
Audio/Data
This sub-menu is used to control the
behavior of the audio/data jack. The jack
can output audio at three selectable volume
levels, provide a pulse output compatible
with third party software or output a serial
data stream (optional cable required) on
the minute for data collection using a PC.
6. Data
Logging
This sub-menu provides functions to control
data logging to the internal logging memory
in the PRM-8000.
7. Language
This allows the user to set the language to
either English or Japanese
Select the desired sub-menu. Repeat the pro-
cess for navigating through the sub-menus
Return to previous menu
